We will set goals and then look at adding teachers to the committee.Teachers we had suggested earlier wereTom Flight, Tinhai Vong, Barb Makowsky, Carmen Rohne,
The decision was made to Invite Terry to attend meetings, to present updates from the provincial LwICT Steering Committee, as needed.
2. Communication channels at Board Office
We will continue to send agendas and minutes to Senior Administration and the Secretary Treasurer and Assistant Secretary Treasurer. Discussions were held regarding our role. a decision we made to work on a divisional education plan was reversed during post meeting discussions.
3. Budget from LwICT - 08-09 $28 400.00 for PD
4. Update: LwICT Parent Handbook
Teacher copies of the Parent Handbook will arrive at the Board Office around September 15.
Before October 16 Sharon will finish the teacher and parent information letters, pass them to Gail and then have Stephen take them to the AC .She will make sure dates and specifics about reporting on the continuum are correct.She will count out and send handbooks and letters to the schools.
Chris will find the sample of what we had decided upon as our reporting format and add it to the wiki for us to discuss and make a decision. We will try to have it done by October 16, also passed by Gail and taken with the letters to AC.
The reporting template should include:
Reporting will happen once in second term
include K-8
and target the three Manitoba Education specified criteria
Junior High teachers may have to collaberate to report.
It will be a single page insert.
4. Planning for this year:
We discussed the divisional goals for 2008-09 and how we could fit LwICT into them. We also discussed the PD plan that we would need to work on at the next meeting. It will include the following formats. Tentative dates were set and we started to attach locations and topics.
a). Steering Committee meeting dates @ $1-2 000.
September 30 Mapleton
October 22 Minarik House
November
December 17 Planning for January meeting
January
April 7
June b). study group meetings dates and topic 7 half days@$10 500.
September Hands On - Mapleton
November 20 ESMS
January 14 Budget planning
April 21
May 13 c). after school gatheringsdates and topic $1 000.
Name
Smart Basics
Smart Intermediate
Smart Advanced
Infusion Tools - applications on computers and on the web with curricular examples
Troubleshooting - Smart, computers, Applications
LwICT Continuum Understanding
LwICT Assessment and Reporting d). mentoring
e). TALL for tech EAs @$2 000.
f). 2 half day workshops that may be open to other divisions
Dates
Topics
5.We brainstormed the content of the September 23 meeting and assigned tasks.
give out handbook information
talk about reporting
dates set for meetings
review function of members
Main activity: Teachers do a walk about in at least two classes at Mapleton, gathering information about how ICT is being used. In small groups apply the activities to the LwICT Continuum and then discuss activities they have used and where they would fall on the continuum.
Meeting Adjourned at 3:30.
Next Meeting at Mapleton on September 30, 1:00 pm.
LwICT Divisional Implementation Team
September 18, 2008 Meeting
Lower Level Conference Room
- Need to enlarge committee -
We will set goals and then look at adding teachers to the committee.Teachers we had suggested earlier wereTom Flight, Tinhai Vong, Barb Makowsky, Carmen Rohne,The decision was made to Invite Terry to attend meetings, to present updates from the provincial LwICT Steering Committee, as needed.
2. Communication channels at Board Office
We will continue to send agendas and minutes to Senior Administration and the Secretary Treasurer and Assistant Secretary Treasurer. Discussions were held regarding our role. a decision we made to work on a divisional education plan was reversed during post meeting discussions.
3. Budget from LwICT - 08-09 $28 400.00 for PD
4. Update: LwICT Parent Handbook
Teacher copies of the Parent Handbook will arrive at the Board Office around September 15.
Before October 16 Sharon will finish the teacher and parent information letters, pass them to Gail and then have Stephen take them to the AC .She will make sure dates and specifics about reporting on the continuum are correct.She will count out and send handbooks and letters to the schools.
Chris will find the sample of what we had decided upon as our reporting format and add it to the wiki for us to discuss and make a decision. We will try to have it done by October 16, also passed by Gail and taken with the letters to AC.
The reporting template should include:
Reporting will happen once in second term
include K-8
and target the three Manitoba Education specified criteria
Junior High teachers may have to collaberate to report.
It will be a single page insert.
4. Planning for this year:
a). Steering Committee meeting dates @ $1-2 000.
September 30 Mapleton
October 22 Minarik House
November
December 17 Planning for January meeting
January
April 7
June
b). study group meetings dates and topic 7 half days@$10 500.
September Hands On - Mapleton
November 20 ESMS
January 14 Budget planning
April 21
May 13
c). after school gatherings dates and topic $1 000.
Name
Smart Basics
Smart Intermediate
Smart Advanced
Infusion Tools - applications on computers and on the web with curricular examples
Troubleshooting - Smart, computers, Applications
LwICT Continuum Understanding
LwICT Assessment and Reporting
d). mentoring
e). TALL for tech EAs @$2 000.
f). 2 half day workshops that may be open to other divisions
Dates
Topics
5.We brainstormed the content of the September 23 meeting and assigned tasks.
- give out handbook information
- talk about reporting
- dates set for meetings
- review function of members
- Main activity: Teachers do a walk about in at least two classes at Mapleton, gathering information about how ICT is being used. In small groups apply the activities to the LwICT Continuum and then discuss activities they have used and where they would fall on the continuum.
Meeting Adjourned at 3:30.Next Meeting at Mapleton on September 30, 1:00 pm.